Needles, CA: Summary and voting results from the Needles Board of Public Utilities Meeting.

Needles, CA: Summary and voting results from the Needles Board of Public Utilities Meeting.

A Needles Board of Public Utilities Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 inside the Needles City Council Chambers in Needles, California.

The Needles Board of Public Utilities Meeting was broadcast live at ZachNews on Facebook.

** Here is a summary and the voting results that occurred during the meeting: **

Members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities held a moment of silence at the beginning of the meeting for Jerry Porter, Water Operator Supervisor for the City of Needles, who passed away.

** Consent Calendar: **

All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. The Chairman or any Member of the Board may pull an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Prior to Board action, a member of the public may address the Board on matters scheduled on the Consent Calendar. A three-minute time limit per person applies. Recommended Action: Approve Items #1 through #2 on the Consent Calendar by affirmative vote.

Agenda Item #1:

Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting held March 19, 2019.

Agenda Item #2:

Retroactively approve, to January 1, 2019, a 4.05% increase in remuneration for EUSI, LLC which increase is called out in Section 4.1 of the Agreement for Wastewater System Operations.

Members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities voted unanimously to approve Agenda Items #1 through #2 on the Consent Calendar.

** Regular Items: **

Agenda Item #3:

Discussion on holding monthly meetings in lieu of the current semimonthly.

Agenda Item #3 was an Discretionary agenda item, and members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities voted unanimously to approve monthly meetings in lieu of the current semimonthly.

** Reports: ****

Agenda Item #4:

EUSI, LLC operational support services relating to the wastewater treatment facility and collection system February 2019.

Agenda Item #4 was an Information Only and no votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities.

Agenda Item #5:

Ad-Hoc Committee report on the status of a solar farm

Agenda Item #5 was an Information Only and no votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities.

Agenda Item #6:

Ad-Hoc Committee report on the status of the net metering interconnect agreement revisions.

Agenda Item #6 was an Information Only and no votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities.

Agenda Item #7:

Needles Present Perfected Rights (PPR) report for February 2019.

Agenda Item #7 was an Information Only and no votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities.

Agenda Item #8:

Monthly activity report for January 2019 and delinquencies for February 2019.

Agenda Item #8 was an Information Only and no votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities.

** Pending Matters (Not For Discussion At This Time): **

Agenda Item A:

Review rate policy relating to customer generators and solar mandate established by the California Energy Commission (meeting of February 5, 2019).

Agenda Item B:

Audit showing due to/due from others and the disproportionate share of water and wastewater compared to electric (meeting of March 5, 2019).

No votes were conducted from members of the Needles Board of Public Utilities on Agenda Items A and B.

** Needles City Manager’s Report: **

– Agenda Item #A: Incident Report(s):

** Needles Board of Public Utilities Requests: **

For more information regarding the Needles Board of Public Utilities Meetings, please contact Cheryl K. Sallis at the City of Needles at: 1 (760) 326-2113 Ext. 315.